SimplyJohn

Lone Star (Sci-Fi/Space Exploration/Criminal) - Party Full

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Ok, in that case I'm going to have to edit my last post To take a gun. Any word yet on how it cut through my suit?

@TheUnknowable

Very sharp and powerful claws, plus those prison jumpsuits are designed for cheap manufacturing rather than defensive capabilities. For centuries the Alliance has used the tried-and-true method of letting prisoners gank each other to control overcrowding in their facilities.

There's a rack of standard-pattern shotguns to the left of the airlock, equipped with flechette round ammunition, along with side standard-issue service sidearms (automatic laser pistols with single or rapid-fire functionality.) I'm surprised no-one asked me about these earlier. :)

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@Dragonite777 "Yep. That explains a lot. And I was a little curious about the Hanar, but didn't want to bring it up and seem gay."

"That one's female. You can tell by the frills around her... umm, what is that thing anyway?"

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@Dragonite777 "Also, why do we have a manual this old?"

"The military spent all their funding on our new battlesuits, and researching how to make a zero-gee cupholder for the General's private hoverspeeder. They couldn't afford to have new manuals written and so just downloaded an old one they found on the ExtraNet.

"That probably explains why there's pictures of naked Hanar in all the margins as well."

Lone Star (Sci-Fi/Space Exploration/Criminal) - Party Full

What properties do those suits have?

@Bonjour xx

Standard environmental protection (obviously), mag boots to lock onto deck plating in zero gee, basic comms package with emergency beacon, short-range thruster pack. regenerative oxygen supply unit capable of continuous operation for upto 100 hours, urine recyc unit (produces strawberry-flavoured non-alcoholic champagne), anti-wedgie forcefield generator inside crotch seam and female users have their breast size portrayed as one size larger while wearing it.

The suit isn't rated for combat operations, but its hardened outer layer is designed to survive small explosions and puncturing so it may give a little protection against blood-sucking tentacle monsters, unless worn by Japanese schoolgirls in which case they'll dissolve instantly on contact and those girls are gonna get tentacles raped and impregnated in under sixty seconds.

There might be some other gear in the locker too. So far Mez is the only one who's managed to successfully find the lockers stuffed with survival gear and military equipment, and all he took were parts from a commlink headset.

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Oh, sorry. Can't do "eenie meenie miney moe", the manual clearly states "if you forget which one's which, flip a coin"

@Dragonite777

"But we stopped using physical currency over three thousand years ago..? Quick, someone give me a credit chip and a marker pen!"

Lone Star (Sci-Fi/Space Exploration/Criminal) - Party Full

Errr.... Marga's going to need some sort of suit for that sort of environment, won't she....?

@Bonjour xx

Although I would expect the Navy to have issued a standard space suit if Marga didn't have one already.

@TTwoThumbsUp

There's some standard issue environmental suits stowed in the storage locker to the right of the shuttle's airlock. Felix already prompted Farvis about them when he caught him trying to steal the booze. :)

You'd better hurry though, according to Hundred's calculations we've got less than twenty seconds before the shuttle's survivability rating zeroes out.

Operation Shadow Sabre

Time for a stressful game of "eenie meenie miney moe".

@Dragonite777

"It says here 'In case of emergency break out in sweat'."

Lone Star (Sci-Fi/Space Exploration/Criminal) - Party Full

@SimplyJohn What's the temperature like inside the Lone Star???

@Bonjour xx

Absolute zero, as far as the party's been able to tell so far. The ship appears to have been powered down for some time and so all life support, including the heating, has been offline for what seems like years.

The good news is that the ice machine's still fully stocked.

Lone Star (Sci-Fi/Space Exploration/Criminal) - Party Full

He increased his adrenaline level to Alpha-state levels and punched the center of the locker door. Hopefully the door would bend enough to break whatever minor welding the heat damage had caused and break the locker open.

@TheUnknowable

As soon as Farvis's hand slammed through the thin metal door of the locker he felt sharp claws grabbing at his wrist, cutting easily through his space suit but catching on his sterile suit beneath. Luckily the added protection from the outer armour was enough to prevent any worse damage, but he could still feel the sharp tine sawing its way through the nano-tube reinforced material far more quickly than a conventional blade should be able to.

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